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The Color of Welfare Summary
The Color of Welfare
How Racism Undermined the War on Poverty
by Jill Quadagno 1994 272 pages
4.16
90 ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
The Death of Truth Summary
The Death of Truth
Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
by Michiko Kakutani 2018 208 pages
3.79
4k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
American Grace Summary
American Grace
How Religion Divides and Unites Us
by Robert D. Putnam 2010 688 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Religion
Politics
Sociology
The Passions and the Interests Summary
The Passions and the Interests
Political Arguments for Capitalism Before Its Triumph
by Albert O. Hirschman 1977 180 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Panarchy Summary
Panarchy
Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems
by L.H. Gunderson 2001 536 pages
3.98
89 ratings
Science
Ecology
Environment
La sociolinguistique Summary
La sociolinguistique
by Louis-Jean Calvet 1993 128 pages
3.94
66 ratings
Linguistics
France
Sociology
The Manipulated Man Summary
The Manipulated Man
by Esther Vilar 1971 156 pages
3.58
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Feminism
Relationships
Unequal Democracy Summary
Unequal Democracy
The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age
by Larry M. Bartels 2008 344 pages
3.89
457 ratings
Politics
Economics
Political Science
Nationalism Summary
Nationalism
Five Roads to Modernity
by Liah Greenfeld 1992 596 pages
3.77
66 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
The Age of Acquiescence Summary
The Age of Acquiescence
The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power
by Steve Fraser 2015 480 pages
3.82
454 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Good Society Summary
The Good Society
by Robert N. Bellah 1991 368 pages
3.66
105 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Society
Deep Secrets Summary
Deep Secrets
Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection
by Niobe Way 2011 336 pages
4.09
207 ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Gender
The Quest for Community Summary
The Quest for Community
A Study in the Ethics of Order & Freedom
by Robert A. Nisbet 1953 272 pages
4.26
358 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Made in America Summary
Made in America
A Social History of American Culture and Character
by Claude S. Fischer 2010 528 pages
3.76
76 ratings
History
Sociology
Cultural
White Collar Summary
White Collar
The American Middle Classes
by C. Wright Mills 1951 416 pages
4.04
269 ratings
Sociology
History
Economics
The Right Summary
The Right
The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism
by Matthew Continetti 2022
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
The Acquisitive Society Summary
The Acquisitive Society
by R.H. Tawney 1920 192 pages
4.09
110 ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
The Sociology of War and Violence Summary
The Sociology of War and Violence
by Siniša Malešević 2010 374 pages
4.26
61 ratings
Sociology
Politics
War
La fábrica de cretinos digitales Summary
La fábrica de cretinos digitales
Los peligros de las pantallas para nuestros hijos
by Michel Desmurget 2019 683 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Sociology
The Populist Explosion Summary
The Populist Explosion
How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics
by John B. Judis 2016 182 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
More Guns, Less Crime Summary
More Guns, Less Crime
Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws
by John R. Lott Jr. 1998 321 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Politics
Law
Economics
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Summary
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World
by Barrington Moore Jr. 1966 586 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
It Didn't Happen Here Summary
It Didn't Happen Here
Why Socialism Failed in the United States
by Seymour Martin Lipset 2000 374 pages
3.60
105 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Working Toward Whiteness Summary
Working Toward Whiteness
How America's Immigrants Became White: the Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs
by David R. Roediger 2005 339 pages
3.83
370 ratings
History
Race
Sociology
The Great Disruption Summary
The Great Disruption
Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order
by Francis Fukuyama 1999 368 pages
3.62
353 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Political Science
The Dark Side of Democracy Summary
The Dark Side of Democracy
Explaining Ethnic Cleansing
by Michael Mann 2004 592 pages
4.06
159 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
The Quiet Before Summary
The Quiet Before
On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas
by Gal Beckerman 2022 352 pages
3.79
485 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Waves of War Summary
Waves of War
Nationalism, State Formation, and Ethnic Exclusion in the Modern World
by Andreas Wimmer 2012 384 pages
3.48
23 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers Summary
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers
The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States
by Skocpol 1992 736 pages
3.79
107 ratings
History
American History
Politics
Slaying Goliath Summary
Slaying Goliath
The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools
by Diane Ravitch 2020 352 pages
3.81
425 ratings
Education
Politics
History
Disciples of White Jesus Summary
Disciples of White Jesus
The Radicalization of American Boyhood
by Angela Denker 2025 215 pages
3.74
295 ratings
Religion
Politics
Race
The Mesh Summary
The Mesh
Why the Future of Business Is Sharing
by Lisa Gansky 2010 256 pages
3.66
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
Building and Dwelling Summary
Building and Dwelling
Ethics for the City
by Richard Sennett 2018 368 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Architecture
Urbanism
Urban Planning
The Moral Basis of a Backward Society Summary
The Moral Basis of a Backward Society
by Edward C. Banfield 1958 188 pages
3.84
245 ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
For the Glory of God Summary
For the Glory of God
How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery
by Rodney Stark 2003 504 pages
3.96
229 ratings
History
Religion
Christianity
The Rhetoric of Reaction Summary
The Rhetoric of Reaction
Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy
by Albert O. Hirschman 1991 224 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Four Sociological Traditions Summary
Four Sociological Traditions
by Randall Collins 1994 336 pages
3.86
152 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
History
The Loop Summary
The Loop
How Technology Is Creating a World Without Choices and How to Fight Back
by Jacob Ward 2022 315 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Technology
Science
Psychology
Regulating the Poor Summary
Regulating the Poor
The Functions of Public Welfare
by Frances Fox Piven 1971 544 pages
4.24
321 ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
The Noodle Narratives Summary
The Noodle Narratives
The Global Rise of an Industrial Food into the Twenty-First Century
by Frederick K. Errington 2013 216 pages
3.43
79 ratings
Food
History
Anthropology
Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You Summary
Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You
Busting Myths about Human Nature
by Agustín Fuentes 2008 290 pages
3.72
281 ratings
Anthropology
Science
Psychology
Social Theory and Social Structure Summary
Social Theory and Social Structure
by Robert K. Merton 1949 702 pages
4.23
124 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Social Science
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere Summary
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society
by Jürgen Habermas 1962 301 pages
3.87
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
Wards of the State Summary
Wards of the State
The Long Shadow of American Foster Care
by Claudia Rowe 2025 256 pages
4.39
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Social Justice
Inventing the Individual Summary
Inventing the Individual
The Origins of Western Liberalism
by Larry Siedentop 2014 416 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Nations Summary
Nations
The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism
by Azar Gat 2012 447 pages
3.90
103 ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
Nations Apart Summary
Nations Apart
How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America
by Colin Woodard 2025 368 pages
4.08
246 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Mañana o pasado Summary
Mañana o pasado
El misterio de los mexicanos
by Jorge G. Castañeda 2011 433 pages
3.62
358 ratings
History
Cultural
Politics
The Ethnic Phenomenon Summary
The Ethnic Phenomenon
by Pierre L. van den Berghe 1981 318 pages
4.34
47 ratings
Politics
Anthropology
Sociology
Black Power Summary
Black Power
The Politics of Liberation
by Stokely Carmichael 1967 256 pages
4.37
2k+ ratings
Politics
Race
History
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